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Hello everyone. a number of you have asked to see more of my layout over the last few years I've been posting my buildings etc. Well I started a new area that does NOT connect into the existing layout. I calling it 'The Highway'. It's meant to be a Route 66 kind of display. There are no trains and I don't think any Tyco. It will be a 12 X 2 with a 4X2 L at one end. I've posted some of the buildings before, now they have a permanent home. Oh, and I'm really featuring lighting. There's still lots of details and the road need to be completed. Pictured here is the town the road exits to head toward motels, drive ins and farms.    
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Posted - June 24 2018 : 10:33:14 PM
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Amazing!
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Posted - June 25 2018 : 06:32:45 AM
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Nice photography, and great layout!!
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Posted - June 25 2018 : 3:06:29 PM
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| Pretty slick Gary. I especially like the top photo with the Gulf station.
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Posted - June 25 2018 : 8:39:04 PM
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| This is very realistic. The night shots are nicely done. I can visualize this as part of a movie set where they have animated monsters/effects and more ...
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Posted - June 25 2018 : 9:25:41 PM
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The glare and the gloss makes for a "wet street after a city rain" effect.
Very nice, really enhances what you have done here.
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Posted - December 20 2018 : 9:02:34 PM
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Some updated shots
  
More to come
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Posted - December 21 2018 : 10:43:17 AM
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Very neat Gary!
Glad to know this site is back!
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Posted - January 08 2019 : 8:47:33 PM
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The Highway goes on forever. Well at least a few more feet.    
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 01:36:39 AM
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I am not an art expert, but I know what I like, and everyone has probably seen
this magnificent work by Edward Hopper. Gary, like WKS, you are achieving a
level of the fantastic, much like our friend WKS in your use of light and the absence
of light, in a very distinct, personal way. Your photos capture the restless nature
of the American spirit- traveling and going beyond the horizon- again and again.
I spent a lot of time on Greyhound buses, back in the day, and seeing your
great photos evokes not only memories, but bittersweet feelings of hope
and of lonliness. Outstanding. ENCORE!
Upon a second study, the image of the police car, the ambulance, and the
the background fire truck, enveloped in darkness, speaks of danger, dangerousness.
It is stark and bold.
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 07:20:22 AM
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Gary, Wow !!! Thank you. Well done. Keep up the good work. I really like the lighted interiors with all the detail. You have done so very much.
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 07:52:44 AM
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These photos are great, they show a lot. An easy story to be made from one of them.
Police report: "Theft at Mells dinner.": Witness at seen reports blue coup in Mell's Dinner parking lot has been
jacked up and rear end stollen.
The car owner just stepped in to Mell's for a cup of coffee and was out of his car only a
few minutes returning to find his rear end missing.
No one questioned reported seeing or hearing anything.
For this type of theft only one suspect comes to mind, The Notorious Pit Crew Gang !
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 5:27:54 PM
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what do your Greyhound Scenicruiser say on the Destination board?
Mine has SPECIAL on it hehe
Lost the mirrors tho 
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 6:48:58 PM
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Micro - My son went out of his way to find one with destination 'Chicago', our hometown. It was a Christmas gift.
Chops - Wow thanks for the praise, FYI I'm currently working right across the street from the museum Hopper's painting is in. You don't appreciate that it's almost life size until you see it in person. If you ever get to Chicago, don't miss the Art Institute.
Toptrain, thanks also. You know I missed the car with the missing wheel when I took that shot. It amazes me what people read into my work.
Now for a personnel favorite.
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 Posted - January 18 2019 : 3:37:36 PM
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Wow, amazing layout, Gary, and incredible photography!
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Posted - January 21 2019 : 7:44:19 PM
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Some more new photos. Some taken with a new tablet that let's me get in the streets. Note addition of neon on Mel's.   
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Posted - January 21 2019 : 7:54:09 PM
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| KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
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Posted - January 23 2019 : 3:46:18 PM
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quote:KEEPS GETTING BETTER!
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â January 21 2019Â :Â 7:54:09 PM
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yeah!
now IF I could only con this master builder to detail my bus station 
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Posted - January 24 2019 : 10:21:05 PM
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WOW! Impressive night photography there Gary!
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Posted - January 26 2019 : 11:17:51 AM
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Thanks guys, glad you all like.
Ben - I'm not a master modeler, just a plugger. Keep plugging at it and I'm sure your bus station will end up looking great.
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Posted - April 29 2019 : 9:52:04 PM
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Onward down the highway we find a classic Drive In Movie (still under construction) and back off the road a place I call Hillbilly Haven. Enjoy!
  
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Posted - April 30 2019 : 10:13:04 AM
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Awesome night photography, and layout, Gary!
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Posted - April 30 2019 : 2:15:54 PM
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| Great stuff, Gary, keep it comin'!
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Posted - July 10 2019 : 8:50:47 PM
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More work in progress     
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Posted - July 11 2019 : 6:52:51 PM
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McDonald's!
Isn't that a ceramic one?
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Posted - July 11 2019 : 7:29:21 PM
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| Very nice!!
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Posted - July 12 2019 : 09:21:39 AM
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Great work, Gary!
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Posted - July 12 2019 : 09:25:47 AM
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Yep, Micky D's is ceramic. Wife picked it up at a garage sale for a fin.
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Posted - July 12 2019 : 10:35:28 AM
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Never know that MD is ceramic. Fits right in. Love that
close angle of the barn. Dramatic shot.
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Posted - July 13 2019 : 6:15:55 PM
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Nice photos as always Gary. Amazing that you can rebuild plain buildings into showpieces.
How is the train portion of your big layout looking today? Any updates?
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Posted - July 14 2019 : 4:22:53 PM
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Thanks guys,
Not much in terms of updates on the Fox Valley RR portion of my layout. I've been concentrating my work on the Highway. Hope to have this to about 90% by end of summer.
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Posted - August 21 2019 : 9:40:59 PM
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Posted - August 21 2019 : 10:18:38 PM
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Great photo, Gary!
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Posted - August 22 2019 : 10:26:14 AM
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| Eats! You are modeling a great bygone era.
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Posted - August 22 2019 : 8:44:16 PM
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OK, enough silliness, back on down the highway.
Chops - Most eras look great in the rear view mirror.
   
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Posted - August 23 2019 : 10:04:14 AM
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True, true, nostalgia is typically rose tinted, but a lot
of things were lost to progress.
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Posted - August 23 2019 : 1:44:06 PM
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what are the cheeseburger & hot dog made of?
I got a cheeseburger & a hot dog person figures that came from A&W
Culver's building I gotta get!
Menard's has a few modern buildings too
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Posted - August 23 2019 : 3:30:19 PM
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The goodies are erasers. The kids who have seen my work notice them as such immediately. Since some came in bags containing several I've been known to hand a few out as parting gifts.
The Culvers is a great kit. I just can't get the roof to sit perfectly.
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Posted - August 23 2019 : 9:20:16 PM
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Yeah, I had to get a hot dog for dinner tonight, after seeing that.
Prototype dog. Erasers get stuck in my teeth.
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Posted - September 02 2019 : 5:37:07 PM
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The Highway comes to completion.
After starting on the tables it resides on before Christmas 2017, my highway scene has reached a completed state after almost two years work. Completed, but never finished. There are still things that need work and always further details to add, but for now my focus will move on to other projects. It’s been a lot of work but also a lot of fun. As always it ended up much different than my original vision but I’m rather proud of the way it came together. Thanks to my wife for insisting on making the currents to cover the underneath, it makes it all look so much more neat and professional.
Over the next few days I'll give you a tour down the Highway.
An overview of the entire project. Three 2 foot by 4 foot tables with a forth around the corner.
Next the Fire Station
 
Main Street
More to come...
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Posted - September 02 2019 : 5:37:49 PM
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Oops! Double post, deleted.
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Posted - September 02 2019 : 5:59:57 PM
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currents = curtains
no trains on it?
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Posted - September 02 2019 : 9:09:01 PM
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Incredible layout, Gary!
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Posted - September 03 2019 : 12:27:49 PM
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quote:currents = curtains
Oops! Yes currently it's curtains.
no trains on it?
And currently no trains - that's my next focus
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Nice layout Gary. You're night shots are nice whenever I try night photography the pictures come out over exposed. And did I see some Lego in there?
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Posted - September 03 2019 : 4:55:53 PM
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Bamos and RP, Thanks. yes you see Legos and there are more of them that you don't see and a few you just might not recognize as such. For one, the tree planters on the street are upside down Legos. Much of the 'Miami' is also made of Legos. Now let's travel further down the Highway.
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Posted - September 03 2019 : 7:14:22 PM
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would the A&P be tacky with the Life-Like lighted A&P signs?
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Posted - September 04 2019 : 2:01:58 PM
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I passed on the similar GULF sign for the gas station because it looked a little tacky. The A&P would be no different. Besides there's no space for it.
I would love to get one of Miller Engineering Rexall signs for the corner drug store. That may still happen even though wiring it in at this point will be a challenge
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Posted - September 07 2019 : 12:28:47 PM
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Moving along   
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Posted - September 13 2019 : 9:00:04 PM
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That's it for now, I've actually been running trains this week. I forgot how much fun it can be!
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Posted - September 13 2019 : 10:45:32 PM
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This is interesting structure and scenery modeling. Is it strictly for the enjoyment of the modeling or does it also represent some nostalgia for road trips in your past? Somehow, my mind ties it to the mystique that has grown up around old Route 66.
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